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Nintendo of America Take Notice Of Xenoblade Chronicles Fan Campaign

By Ishaan . June 26, 2011 . 5:38pm

Nintendo of America Take Notice Of Xenoblade Chronicles Fan Campaign

“Hey fans, we appreciate your enthusiasm. Look for more updates to come soon!”

 

That’s a message Nintendo of America left on their Facebook page after a fan movement campaigning for localizations of Wii games Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, dubbed “Operation: Rainfall,” took off on the IGN message boards.

 

Eventually, the movement snowballed and fans took to mass-pre-ordering Xenoblade Chronicles (currently known as Monado: Beginning of the World in the U.S.) on Amazon, resulting in it rising it to the top of the videogame charts on the site.

 

Developed by Xenosaga developer, Monolith Soft, Xenoblade Chronicles, under its U.S. name, Monado, was listed on Nintendo of America’s release calendar for many months after they showed the game at E3 2009. In fact, the game was shown in the U.S. even before Japan, but little has been heard regarding a U.S. localization since. In Europe, Xenoblade Chronicles is slated for release this year.

 

Judging by their Facebook message, Nintendo of America have taken notice of attempts by fans to get them to be more forthcoming on the issue of a U.S. release.


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  • thebanditking

    Honestly this is why I will always have a chip on my shoulder with Nintendo. They are a huge company and should localize these titles even if for minimal profits for their fans and supporters. Spare me the associated business logic because both Sony and MS do this consistently and neither have seen the kind of cash flow the Wii and DS generated for Nintendo this gen, and yes when you have the money you should take the risk, it takes money to make money.

    Though I must wonder where the power to make these decisions lies. Iwata made a big deal about pushing for core titles on Wii in Japan (with these titles leading the charge) then proceeded to state that they would fill the Wii’s anemic US/EU line up with unpublished Japanese titles. NOE seems to have followed that directive but NOA once again seems brain dead to the concept of getting core content for starved Wii owners. This is where the disconnect always is for me, Iwata does seem pretty competent as a leader so why does his underling of arguably the biggest market for games (Reggie) consistently under achieve?

    This is why I feel Nintendo is out of touch with the core game market anymore, I don’t think Reggie truly understands this industry and its supporters enough to realize where their attention needs to be focused. The casual market is quite large as it consists of everyone who does not play games but no one in that category buys half the amount of titles that most of the commenters on here do. Which is the true value of always supporting your core gamers because we buy more then 2 games a year. If Nintendo can’t understand what titles absolutely need to hit each region from a core perspective then how the heck are they ever going to get Wii U off the ground? A console aimed at the core market is simply not going to fly if they have to beg and plead to get core titles for it.

    All that said all 3 of these should be localized and released this year with an actual marketing campaign, hell do a montage of all 3 together if that pleases the bean counters. Why all so close together, simply because for once in its life cycle Wii could use to be swamped with core titles.

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      I thought everyone praised Reggie when he first started out with the company and was championed as its hero, surely, Nintendo is not out of touch. I think money has got to them and their rather conservative these days, they just make innovative new ways to play but never offer a constant and compelling and diverse line up of titles as the other core games by Sony and Micrsoft try to do, who both make sure that we know their lineup of games.

      • thebanditking

        You wont find me among those who “championed” Reggie, personally I don’t find him to be any more gaming oriented then the now removed Cammy. The only thing that made people (mostly the Nintendo die hard) notice him was he has a big presence and is quite loud/outspoken when compared to NOA reps/Presidents of past (personally I liked Perrin Kaplan as a rep better) in reality though he is all talk and he has done little to give Nintendo a hardcore edge/appeal since that initial speech.Also allow me to rephrase Nintendo as a whole may not be out of touch but NOA clearly is.

        The complaint stands there is no reason to not localize these titles over here and yet when given the perfect arena to do so (E3) NOA dropped the ball again, I have even read rumors that NOE donated/volunteered english footage to NOA for E3 but was told they did not need it because “there are no plans to release this in NA”. Also I don’t think Nintendo’s lack of core titles has anything to do with not knowing their lineup, rather we have all known their line up for the better part of 20 years: Mario , Metroid and Zelda.

  • PrinceHeir

    please that would be awesome :P

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